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malfunction · S3 and above incidents

23 documented incidents where type is malfunction and severity is S3 and above, across 19 companies, 2013-2026. Every row cites its source; severity runs S1 (near miss) to S5 (fatal or catastrophic). Entity pages: malfunction · S3 and above.

23Unique incidents
19Companies involved
S5Highest severity
83%Verified
4%From regulators
2013-2026Years covered

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Incident list

SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S4~Jul 2026Katalyst Space Technologies malfunction —Attitude control and reaction wheel failures leave LINK spacecraft spinning uncontrolled, forcing NASA to abandon Swift rescue/reboost · LINK servicing spacecraft (Swift Rescue Mission) Ars Technica
S3~Jul 2026Indian Navy malfunction Porbandar, Gujarat, IndiaIndian Navy Drishti-10 surveillance drone crashes near Porbandar · 1 UAV; 2nd mishap in 2 years India Sentinels
S309 Jun 2026Siemens Mobility malfunction Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainBarcelona Rodalies control-center software failures halt all commuter rail lines · fleet-wide (all Rodalies lines in Barcelona metro area) El Democrata
S5~May 2026Johnson & Johnson (Abiomed) malfunction USAFDA warns on J&J Abiomed Automated Impella Controllers after death linked to software error MassDevice
S3~Nov 2025HART (Honolulu) malfunction Honolulu, HI, USARecurring platform screen-door malfunctions trigger repeated Skyline station outages · systemwide, 100+ station outages over 6 months, ~27 min each Honolulu Civil Beat
S3~Nov 2025Amazon malfunction Waco, TX, USAAmazon Prime Air drone severs cable in Waco, Texas, prompting FAA probe CNBC
S3~Oct 2025STARK Defence malfunction —Stark Defence's Virtus loitering munition fails all four strikes in military trials · 4 of 4 trial strikes failed DroneXL
S323 Jun 2025U.S. Navy malfunction Ventura, CA, USANavy unmanned surface vessel malfunctions during tow test, capsizes support boat · 1 unmanned surface vessel, 1 support boat capsized DefenseScoop
S323 Jun 2025Maritime Applied Physics Corporation malfunction —Navy experiment cut short after unmanned vessel flipped a support boat DefenseScoop
S326 Apr 2025Lift Aircraft malfunction Osaka, JapanHexa eVTOL suffers mechanical failure at Osaka World Expo, demo flights halted Aviation International N
S5~Mar 2025Calyxo malfunction USACalyxo discloses patient death linked to aspiration system used in robotic-assisted procedure MassDevice
S3~2025Intuitive Surgical malfunction —2015-2025 MAUDE study finds continued adverse event rate in da Vinci procedures · 420.1 reports per 100,000 procedures; 3.1 deaths per 100,000 procedures, aggregate MAUDE data, most recent decade Journal of Robotic Surge
S331 Dec 2024Rise Above Drone Show malfunction Folly Beach, SC, USADrones fall from sky during Folly Beach New Year's Eve show, FAA investigates · drone light show fleet Post and Courier
S316 Dec 2024Amazon malfunction Pendleton, OR, USAAmazon Prime Air delivery drones crash after backup rain/landing sensor removed from MK30 design · MK30 delivery drone fleet New York Post / Bloomber
S308 May 2024Neuralink malfunction —Neuralink brain implant threads retract in first human patient CBS News
S311 Dec 2023Waymo malfunction Phoenix, AZ, USATwo Waymo robotaxis crash into the same truck within minutes, prompting recall STERN.de
S3~Aug 2022Tesla malfunction —NHTSA finds 60 FSD Beta crashes and one fatality over 12-month period · 60 crashes, 1 fatality Wikipedia
S314 Jun 2022Momentus malfunction —Momentus orbital transfer vehicle suffers power problem after launch · 1 vehicle (Vigoride) Spaceflight Now
S4~Sep 2021Intuitive Surgical malfunction FL, USALawsuit: da Vinci surgical robot burned woman's small intestine NBC News
S329 Dec 2020Tekever malfunction Kent, England, UKAAIB report: Tekever AR5 Evolution Mk 2 double engine shutdown near Lydd, Kent GOV.UK / AAIB
S419 Dec 2018Intuitive Surgical malfunction —NBC News 10-year MAUDE analysis of da Vinci adverse events · 20,000+ adverse events, 274 deaths, 2,000+ injuries, 17,000 malfunctions, aggregate MAUDE data NBC News
S425 Apr 2017SSI Schaefer malfunction Lebedyan, Lipetsk Oblast, RussiaRacking/crane system collapse at PepsiCo-owned Lebedyansky juice plant (Russia) · 1 storage facility; 28+ million liters of product lost TASS
S4~2013Intuitive Surgical malfunction —14-year FDA MAUDE analysis finds 144 deaths, 1,391 injuries in robotic surgery (2000-2013) · 144 deaths, 1,391 injuries, 8,061 malfunctions over 14 years, aggregate MAUDE data PLOS One

Companies involved

Intuitive Surgical 4Amazon 2Katalyst Space Technologies 1Indian Navy 1Siemens Mobility 1Johnson & Johnson (Abiomed) 1HART (Honolulu) 1STARK Defence 1U.S. Navy 1Maritime Applied Physics Corporation 1Lift Aircraft 1Calyxo 1Rise Above Drone Show 1Neuralink 1Waymo 1Tesla 1Momentus 1Tekever 1SSI Schaefer 1

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